Sports Edge

February 04, 2004

The 2004 Super Bowl will be remembered for one of the most exciting games in the 38 years of the event. It will also be remembered, unfortunately, for plumbing new depths of indecency with its halftime show. Maybe the furor over the antics of Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake - the multiplied thousands of phone calls, e-mails, telegrams and letters received by CBS - will finally bring change to an event that has been gone steadily downhill in recent years.

€Prior to the start of the basketball game Friday night between Charlevoix and host Traverse City St. Francis, a moment of silence was observed in honor of Vanderbilt graduate Matt Whitman. After the game, St. Francis coach Pat Cleland said it was appropriate to prayerfully remember Matt and his family.

€For the past year-and-a- half, St. Mary 1988 graduate Mike Peck has been serving as an assistant basketball coach for the men's basketball team at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, commonly referred to as UNLV. When the Running Rebels battle the University of Missouri on ABC, 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15, those interested may get the chance to see Peck sitting on the UNLV bench. Peck had a distinguished hoops career with the Snowbirds, scoring 973 points.

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€The 24-team Northern Michigan Championships wrestling tourney that was held Saturday at Gaylord was extremely well-organized and moved with the efficiency of a finely tuned engine. GHS educator and former A.D. Doug Becker and current A.D. Christian Wilson deserve a great deal of credit for all the hard work they put in before and during the tourney to make things run so smoothly. GHS coach Jerry LaJoie expressed his deep gratitude to Becker and Wilson and to an army of volunteers who invested untold hours. The coach also thanked the Rotary Club of Gaylord for sponsorig the grand event and everyone who donated items for the silent auction, which was a huge success.

€The GHS JV basketball team did not win at T.C. Central on Saturday, but Caleb Behrenwald had a notable performance, grabbing 14 rebounds.